Many book lovers are also word lovers. Or expressed another way, most bibliolaters are also epeolatrists. Naturally, the largest share of synonyms for book lovers are based on the Ancient Greek root word biblos, meaning “book,” and biblion, meaning “paper” or “scroll.” Below are some delicious words that bibliophilists and logolepts can savor:
abibliophobia: the fear of running out of things to read
biblet: a book or library
bibliobibuli: someone who reads too much
biblioklept: a person who steals books; a book thief
bibliolater: a person who loves books
bibliolatry: the love of books; book worship
bibliomane: a person who loves books and reading
bibliomaniac: a person who is obsessed with collecting books
bibliophagist: a voracious reader
bibliophile: a person who loves books or collects books (or both)
bibliophilist: a book lover
bibliopole: a person who buys and sells rare books
bibliosmia: the aroma of a book; the act of smelling books
bibliotaph: a person who hoards books (often unread); books are stored, keeping them from use
bibliotecha: a list of books in a catalog
book-bosomed: a person who always carries a book
bookman: a person who loves books or reading
booktrovert: a person who prefers the company of fictional characters to people in real life
bookworm: a person devoted to reading and study
epeolater: a person who loves words
epeolatry: worship of words
fascicle: a volume; one of a number of books forming a set or series
finifugal: dislikes endings; someone who avoids reading the end of a novel
incunabulum: a book printed before the year 1500
introuvable: a holy grail book; a book that cannot be found
librocubicultarist: a person who reads in bed
logolept: a person who is very interested in words; person obsessed with words
logolepsy: a fascination or obsession with words
omnilegent: having read everything; characterized by encyclopedic reading
philobiblist: a lover of books
princeps: a first edition of a book
rarissima: an extremely rare book or manuscript
scripturient: an author; a person who has a passion for writing
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